Dustin ate two pieces of char siu slowly, weighed it in his mind for a while, then wiped his mouth and hands with a tissue, turned around and said, "Based on my friendship with Brad for many years, I'm sure it wasn't his intention , but it must have been a request from someone he couldn't refuse."
Luke and Luke made eye contact, knowing it clearly.
Brad is the first deputy commissioner of the nypd, equal to the sheriff of the nypd.
His immediate superior is only the Commissioner.
If it goes further up, the only people who can directly instruct him are city councilors, mayors and other bigwigs in New York politics.
Has Jin Bing's power expanded to such an extent? Both of Luke were a little surprised.
The power has entered from the dark side to the bright side, and the difference is really big.
No wonder Kim has remained rock-solid in the face of multiple federal and local law enforcement investigations.
His community of interests is no longer just those gang members, but also official allies.
Thinking about the members of the huge gang in Los Angeles, none of them had such a big hand, and Jin really deserved the name of the leader.
Dustin poured a cup of coffee, walked back and sat down again.
Looking at Luke's expression, he said, "You just need to be clear about this matter."
Having said that, he sighed: "This is New York."
The three of them fell into silence for a while, feeling a little emotional in their hearts: the center of the world is really not easy to mess with.
In the past, Director Brad, who was basically able to protect his subordinates in Los Angeles, has been promoted here for less than a month, and he is going to be a sounding board for others. Only he can experience this feeling.
But considering that the first deputy commissioner vowed to return to New York, Luke didn't bother to sympathize with him, maybe this was the life he dreamed of.
After a moment of silence, he still raised a question: "Walter doesn't know about this situation?"
Dustin: "He should know something, but he's John McClain's boss."
Luke nodded.
"Being able to lead such a subordinate, do you think his temper will be very smooth?" Dustin smiled bluntly: "Walter really thought that I took his position by virtue of connections, but he didn't know that he never had the opportunity to be the chief of the bureau. .Neither his boss nor his opponent wanted him promoted, but he didn't know it."
At this point, he paused, and then continued: "Some people know that I don't like to cause trouble as much as he does, that's why I'm sitting here. If I really can solve the case, I can be the director, then now It's John McClain in that seat."
Luke sweated.
There is nothing wrong with this logic.
Taking credit for solving the case alone, John McLean is qualified to be a sheriff of NYPD, but this man has finally been promoted to a sergeant (sergeant), and his first promotion as a sergeant is It was eight years ago.
"Protect Walter as much as possible while ensuring your own safety." Dustin said, "I don't want to award medals to the family members of my subordinates just after arriving in New York."
Luke expressed his understanding, and the two left and went out.
On the way home, Luke's cell phone rang, and when it was connected, Christina just said, "Molly's parents just arrived and are talking to her."
Luke: "We'll be right over."
The distribution car turned around and sped towards Metropolitan Hospital.
Twenty minutes later, Luke and the others arrived outside the ward and knocked lightly on the door.
A moment later, the door was opened, and it was a slightly chunky middle-aged man who opened the door.
Seeing Luke and Selena, he looked at them suspiciously: "What's the matter with you?"
Luke and Selena took out their police badges and gestured: "Can you go over to the side and talk?"
The middle-aged man looked inside the ward, and walked out, closed the door and followed Luke to the side: "The two police detectives, are you here for Molly's business?"
Luke nodded: "Mr. Richard Johnson, my name is Luke, and this is my partner Selena. We talked on the phone this morning."
When the middle-aged Richard heard this, he immediately stretched out his hands excitedly: "Thank you, thank you for saving Molly."
Luke didn't interrupt the other party's thanks. Although he wanted to ask about Molly's situation at home now, he also understood the other party's excitement in finding her missing daughter.
After a while, he said: "Mr. Johnson, let's get down to business."
Richard: "Just call me Richard, Detective Luke."
Luke nodded: "That's right, Molly's disappearance is a bit suspicious, so I want to ask her about her previous situation."
Richard became excited: "She has been very lively since she was a child, and she loves sports and has a kind heart. In addition to being the main force of the school's diving team, she is also a member of the student union. When she has a little time off, she will participate in various community volunteer services. She Just a little angel, I can't think of anyone who would hurt her."
Luke nodded: "Richard, sometimes bad people always catch us off guard. We can't stop what has happened, but I hope to find this person so that he won't hurt more innocent girls, right?"
Richard panted rapidly, like a red-eyed bull: "This Beep-raised bastard, if I knew who he was, I would definitely blow his head off with a gun."
Luke was silent for a moment before he said, "Richard, you need to concentrate. Think about whether Molly met any weird people or encountered any unusual things before she disappeared."
Looking at his calm expression, Richard finally suppressed his anger and tried to remember.
But after talking for more than 20 minutes, Richard didn't have many clues here.
Of course, this conversation was not useless, it at least gave Luke and the two of them an intuitive understanding of Molly's past.
To a certain extent, this ruled out many possibilities.
For example, that "he" is an acquaintance, or the possibility of attacking Molly through an acquaintance is very small.
With Richard's love for his daughter, Molly's friends of the opposite sex will hear a little bit of wind.
But Molly didn't have any abnormalities before coming to New York to compete.
This point, Richard has repeatedly confirmed in her classmates and teammates.
As for Molly's source of income during this time, it was a large sum of money she had withdrawn from the ATM.
The card used to withdraw the money belonged to Molly herself. The card contained her own scholarship, prize money for participating in competitions, etc., and the amount was about 12,000 US dollars.
Richard runs a seafood business in Massachusetts that includes popular items like Maine lobster.
The same is true, Molly, an underage high school student, can handle such a large sum of money alone.
Molly cleans herself up and keeps herself clean. Although her family conditions are good, she doesn't have the habit of squandering.
Richard first called the police in nypd because it was abnormal for Molly, who suddenly disappeared, to take out such a large sum of money. He suspected that his daughter had been kidnapped and threatened her to withdraw the money.
As a result, the bank's monitoring showed that Molly went to withdraw the money alone during the day, and there was no one coercing her around.